Tradovate claims to be operated by NinjaTrader Group LLC and references oversight by the National Futures Association (NFA) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). However, our checks show that while NinjaTrader Group LLC appears in the NFA’s registration database, it is explicitly listed as not an NFA Member, meaning it does not hold an active NFA license to offer regulated trading services. Besides, there is also no record of authorization from the CFTC for retail forex or derivatives trading.
In effect, Tradovate operates without a valid license for forex or other financial instruments in USA. Therefore, tradovate appears to be a scam.